Key Terms
Aristotle and classical Greek learning
Byzantine Empire
Caesaropapism
Charlemagne
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Roman Catholic Christianity
Constantinople
Crusades
Cyril and Methodius
Cyrillic
European cities
Greek fire
Gild
Holy Roman Empire
The West as a “hybrid civilization”
Iconoclasm
Indulgence
Justinian
Kievan Rus
Natural philosophy
Otto I
System of competing states
Vikings
Vladimir, prince of Kiev
Margin Review Questions
1. In what aspects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns?
2. How did Eastern Orthodox Christianity differ from Roman Catholicism?
3. In what ways was the Byzantine Empire linked to